Identify the host and ID of the OPC server you want to connect to. After you connect, you can retrieve server information and browse its name space.
OPC Data Access Explorer | Explore and exchange data with OPC Data Access servers |
Discover Available Data Access Servers
Describes how to browse your network for OPC servers and how to browse an OPC server to find server item names.
Connect to OPC Data Access Servers
Describes how to create OPC Toolbox™ Data Access client objects and connect to OPC servers.
Access Data with OPC Data Access Explorer
Presents a step-by-step approach to using the toolbox to interact with OPC DA servers from MATLAB® software.
DA server properties defined by the OPC Foundation.
Discover Available HDA Servers
Describes how to browse your network for OPC HDA servers, and how to browse an OPC server to find server item names.
OPC Toolbox uses MATLAB objects to implement OPC HDA client functionality.
Create an OPC HDA Client Object
After determining the host name and server ID of the OPC server you want to connect to, you can create an OPC HDA client object.
OPC HDA client objects are not automatically connected to the server when they are created.
You can modify many properties specific to the created client.
Each item that you find on a server might have a given set of item attributes associated with it.
Description of OPC UA components and their interactions.